COVID-19 Surge Forces Businesses to 50% Occupancy Limits

Alternative Care Site at the Convention Center being prepped to open

"...seven-day threshold is what it would take to activate Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order No. GA-32, which is exactly..."

Jan. 10, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

July 2020 Election Info

Early Voting June 29 - July 10

"...Per Governor Greg Abbott's May 11 proclamation, in-person early voting begins..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Independent contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...On Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter requesting presidential declaration of..."

March 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Cracking the SXSW Music Algorithm

If my phone broke and clickbait subsided, where would bring me joy at SXSW?

"...off during SXSW. The major performance rights organization and Governor Greg Abbott announced the expansion in November, a move..."

March 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Luv Doc: Top 10 Needlessly Long Sentences

"...the parishioners" and former Texas Attorney General turned idiot Governor Greg Abbott, who recently tweeted that he was embarrassed..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Dan Patrick's Latest Terrible Tweet

Lite Guv social media debacle over San Bernardino murders

"...does sports broadcaster Dan Patrick hope that Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick changes his name back to Danny Goeb..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers

Make education public again

"...Republican cause that Plemons viscerally opposes: the initiative Gov. Greg Abbott refers to as “school choice” and “education savings..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A Legislative Session Just for Dan Patrick

How much can go wrong in 30 days?

"...Senate for a special session on those essentials, Gov. Greg Abbott added a near-unprecedented 19 additional items to his..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

No Nugent Is Good Nugent

GOP weeps over Nugent comments, but are these crocodile tears?

"...headlines just in advance of two campaign appearances with governor hopeful Attorney General Greg Abbott...."

Feb. 23, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...just as the 85th Leg­is­lature was getting going, Gov. Greg Abbott declared Texas would "hammer" Travis County for Sheriff..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers

The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large

"...have positively impacted students with disabilities. Some saw Gov. Greg Abbott's rise to political power as a beacon of..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan

Sheriff Sally Hernandez Continues to Do "What’s Right"

Besieged by the state GOP, Hernandez shows no sign of backing down from her immigration policies

"...together. She's done this while besieged by a right-wing governor hellbent on using her as a punching bag in..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Money for Nothing

The Texas record on "enterprise funds" is even worse than meets the eye

"...and failures to provide sufficient documentation to the lieutenant governor and the House speaker who, along with the governor,..."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon

How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship

"...execution, that can – with the approval of the governor – change a sentence from death to life in..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Tides of March

Ready for a blue wave in November's midterms? That'll depend on the race.

"...gubernatorial loss of former state Sen. Wendy Davis to Greg Abbott, and with the rush of political backlash following..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Jade Helm and Tinfoil Hats

Abbott, Cruz, Jade Helm, and the death of the sane GOP

"...the Civil War, and called anti-slavery Texans traitors, Gov. Greg Abbott indulged in some naked pandering to those that..."

May 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...million Twitter followers on Oct. 19, tweeting to Gov. Greg Abbott, "I urge you to do the right thing."..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

GOP Leadership at Odds Over Response to Tragedy

Confusion, conflicting reports from Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in wake of Dallas shooting

"...yet again revealed the tensions between himself and Gov. Greg Abbott, as the state's most senior executive had to..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...Texas law, absent a recommendation from the BPP, the governor has the power only to issue one 30-day stay..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Closing Open Records

Rick Perry and George W. Bush treat open records law as an obstacle to be gotten around, not a cornerstone of democracy.

"...Information Act was two years ago, when the new governor tried to help the new president keep his state..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Clearing the Path to Posthumous Pardon

A.G. opinion gives Timothy Cole supporters hope that Gov. Perry will issue a posthumous pardon

"...Attorney General Greg Abbott has concluded that a Texas governor may issue..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Room at the Top?

Part I of the Chronicle's preview of the Nov. 5 general election

"...on most issues: health care, Social Security, education, women's rights.Governor Perhaps you've heard of these guys. Rick Perry is..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Opinion: A Tragedy, Upon a Tragedy, Upon Another Tragedy; or, the Death and Despair of Jail Inmates

Law professor Ron Beal argues that Gov. Abbott, under the cover of the pandemic, has usurped the power of the judicial branch

"...release after being arrested for assaulting a deputy. Gov. Greg Abbott stated that "as to these criminals, we're going..."

April 9, 2021 Column by Ron Beal

A Pilgrimage for Immigrants

Advocates for immigration reform plan a 35-mile pilgrimage from T. Don Hutto Residential Center to the Governor's Mansion

"...of asylum-seeking immigrant women and children – to the Governor's Mansion in Downtown Austin...."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Dream on, Dream Team

Democrats Fail to Convince Texas

"...am humbled to tell you I've been elected your governor for the next four years."..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

The 10 Biggest Austin News Stories of 2024

A year of upheaval and settling dust

"...criminal justice – that included stories about attempted executions, Greg Abbott’s pardoning of the man who killed a Black..."

Dec. 13, 2024 News Feature by the News Team

Special Session Specs

The basics of what's coming in this special session

"...a special session? A special session is when the governor – in this case, Greg Abbott – decides the..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege

Issues other than redistricting found space on the guv's special-session plate -- some were even important.

"...isn't accomplished by the time you read this, the governor has threatened to make everybody stay in their rooms..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Live at the Lege

The Chronicle counts down to sine die

"...Greg Casar is expected to speak at 2:30pm, just before..."

May 29, 2017 News Post by the News Staff

Lege Lines: A New Path for State House Dems

The promise of new Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner

"...the dais in the Speaker's Press Room after Gov. Greg Abbott's Jan. 31 State of the State address, the..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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